Consulting: Network Planning and Infrastructure

Networks and services continue to get more complex.  I help take the guesswork out of the design, operation, and expansion of your networks and applications.  Operational areas covered include:

  • System design
  • Network Design
  • Security (physical and network)
  • Disaster planning and recovery
  • Policy planning and analysis
  • Server, Application and Network audits
  • Data protection
  • Asset management.

Network Management and Monitoring

Proactive management and monitoring of all networks and services is essential.  Are they performing as expected?   Are there problems with certain machines or services?  If so what is the nature of the problems and how can they be resolved?  How are incidents detected, distributed, and then resolved?  What kind of management systems are in place to assist?  What we monitor, how often we monitor it, and how long we retain the records matters greatly.  Are you monitoring the right things or wasting time and resources on monitoring sensors not related to problems you may experience?  How simple is it to add another server or device to your network and integrate into your existing management infrastructure?

Are you using automation in the handling of incidents?  Does everything depend on a a single person or group to manually detect and fix all problems?  What do longer term analysis show you in terms of system and network performance and capacity?   Will the current systems and capacities hold you for another few weeks, a few months, or a few years?

These and many similar questions are critical when planning, building, and managing modern networks.  Computer networks have become the technological heartbeat of business and consumer worlds and are as critical as electricity and water.  To thrive in this interconnected world, services must be available at all times and fast enough to meet current and future demands.  I assist with the planning, design, simplification, and implementation of these managed applications, servers, networks and workloads.

For More Information

For more information or if you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me at any time.  I can be contacted by email, instant messaging or you can call me anytime.